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Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017
20Supreme Court may make extended supervision orders against eligible offenders if unacceptable risk
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#### 20 Supreme Court may make extended supervision orders against eligible offenders if unacceptable risk
20 Supreme Court may make extended supervision orders against eligible offenders if unacceptable risk
> The Supreme Court may make an order for the supervision in the community of an eligible offender (called an extended supervision order) if—
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> > (a) the offender is in custody or under supervision (or was in custody or under supervision at the time the original application for the order was filed)—
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> > > (i) while serving a sentence of imprisonment for a NSW indictable offence, or
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> > > (ii) under an existing interim supervision order, extended supervision order, interim detention order or continuing detention order, and
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> > > (iii) (Repealed)
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> > > (iv) (Repealed)
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> > (b) an application for the order is made in accordance with this Part, and
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> > (c) the Supreme Court is satisfied that the offender is any of the following—
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> > > (i) a convicted NSW terrorist offender,
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> > > (ii) a convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender,
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> > > (iii) a convicted NSW terrorism activity offender, and
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> > (d) the Supreme Court is satisfied to a high degree of probability that the offender poses an unacceptable risk of committing a serious terrorism offence if not kept under supervision under the order.
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> **s 20:** Am 2018 No 29, Sch 1.22 \[6\]; 2024 No 6, Sch 2\[3\]; 2025 No 15, Sch 8\[6\].